Thill-support.



PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1903.

U. G. OBLOSSER. THILL SUPPORT.

urucmmn FILED JAR. 21. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

WWW) I UNITED STATES Patented September 1, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ULYSSES t). OBLOSSER, OF MILLVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO SARAH M.OBLOSSER, OF MILLVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

THILL-SUQPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,121, datedSeptember 1, 1903.

Application filed January 21, 1903. Serial No. 139.998. (No model.)

To aZZ 1071,0722 it may concern:

Be it known that I, ULYSSES G. OBLOSSER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Millville, in the county of Columbia-and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inThill-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to devise novel means for holding thethills of a buggy or kindred vehicle up out of the way when not in use,being particularly designed for the style of wagons having the frontsupport, bar, or spring, or both, in advance of the body, thethill-support being adapted to engage with either the upper or the lowermember of said front support, as desired.

The invention consists of a bar and a holder adjustably connected withthe bar-,said holder comprising an attaching end, a shank andoppositely-extended engaging ends at diiferent distances from theattaching end, said holder being preferably formed from a single lengthof stout wire bent into the shape substantially as hereinafter setforth.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foredecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a perspective View of the invention applied. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe support. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the holder.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The support consists, essentially, of a bar 1 and holder 2, securedthereto by means of a bolt 3 or analogous fastening. The bar 1 ispreferably of wood and-the holder 2 of metal, the barbeing of a lengthto make firm engagement with the vehicle and cross-bar of the thills.The holder comprises an attaching end at, shank 5, andoppositely-extended engaging ends 6 and 7. The shank 5 consists ofseparate members, the end portions of which are bent to form the parts 6and 7, which are lo- .cated at different distances from the attachingend 4, to make proper engagement with either the upper or the lowermember of the front support of the vehicle. The holder in itsconstruction is formed of a single length of stout wire doubled uponitself to form the attaching end 4 and having the folded-portions bentto provide the members of the shank 5 and having the outer portions ofthe shank members rebentin opposite directions to form the engaging ends6 and 7. The fold of the wire or metal blank provides the necessaryspace for the'passage of the bolt or fastening 3 through the attachingend 4 and allows for the adjustable connection of the holder with thebar 1, whereby its position may be changed to meet any requirement. Theholder is located nearer one end of the bar 1 than the other, therebyadmitting of the bar being turned with either the short or the long armuppermost, according as the holderis engaged with the upper or the lowermember of the front support of the vehicle.

The vehicle illustrated is of the type having its front support inadvance of the body and comprising an elliptical spring, either memberof which is adapted to be engaged by the holder applied to the bar 1.When the support is in position, as shown in Fig. 1, its lower end comesin front of the forward axle of the vehicle and the cross-bar of thethills rests against the upper end of the bar 1, the holder engaging oneor the other member of the vehicle-support, according as the long arm orthe short arm of the bar 1 extends uppermost. One or the other of theengaging ends 6 and 7 engages over the member of the front spring orsupport determined upon and retains the bar 1. in place and the thillselevated, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 1.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Athill-support comprising a bar and a holder applied thereto andhavingoppositelyextended engaging ends located at different distances fromsaid bar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A thill support comprising a bar, a

holder comprising an attaching end and 0ppositely-extended engaging endslocated at diiferent distances from the attaching end, and means forconnecting the holder with said bar, substantially as described.

3. A thill-support comprising a bar, and a holder applied to said barand comprising a shank formed of separate members having their endportions bentin opposite directions to form engaging ends at differentdistances from said bar, substantially as set forth.

4. A thill-support comprising a bar and a holder applied to said bar andconsisting of an attaching end, oppositely-extended en gaging ends atdifferent distances from said attaching end, and a shank, said holderbeing formed of a single wire blank bent into the form substantially asshown In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ULYSSES O. OBLO'SSER. [L. s] Witnesses:

W. K. BEAGLE, FRITZ GURICK.

